Jeremiah 51:29

Jeremiah 51:29 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And the land shall tremble and sorrow: for every purpose of the Lord shall be performed against Babylon, to make the land of Babylon a desolation without an inhabitant.
• New International Version (NIV)The land trembles and writhes, for the Lord’s purposes against Babylon stand— to lay waste the land of Babylon so that no one will live there.
• English Standard Version (ESV)The land trembles and writhes in pain, for the Lord's purposes against Babylon stand, to make the land of Babylon a desolation, without inhabitant.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And the land will tremble and sorrow; For every purpose of the Lord shall be performed against Babylon, To make the land of Babylon a desolation without inhabitant.

Context of Jeremiah 51:29

27Raise a signal flag to the nations. Sound the battle cry! Mobilize them all against Babylon. Prepare them to fight against her! Bring out the armies of Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz. Appoint a commander, and bring a multitude of horses like swarming locusts! 28Bring against her the armies of the nations— led by the kings of the Medes and all their captains and officers. The earth trembles and writhes in pain, for everything the Lord has planned against Babylon stands unchanged. Babylon will be left desolate without a single inhabitant. 30Her mightiest warriors no longer fight. They stay in their barracks, their courage gone. They have become like women. The invaders have burned the houses and broken down the city gates. 31The news is passed from one runner to the next as the messengers hurry to tell the king that his city has been captured.

Jeremiah 51:29 word by word

וַתִּרְעַ֥שׁ הָאָ֖רֶץ וַתָּחֹ֑ל כִּ֣י קָ֤מָה עַל־בָּבֶל֙ מַחְשְׁב֣וֹת יְהוָ֔ה לָשׂ֞וּם אֶת־אֶ֧רֶץ בָּבֶ֛ל לְשַׁמָּ֖ה מֵאֵ֥ין יוֹשֵֽׁב׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And the landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• shall trembleרָעַשׁrâ‛ash · to shakeH7493
• and sorrowחוּלchûl chîyl · to twist: writh in painH2342
• for every purposeמַחֲשָׁבָהmachăshâbâh machăshebeth · plotH4284
• of the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• shall be performedקוּםqûm · to arise: establishH6965
• against Babylonבָּבֶ֫ל, בָּבֶלbâbel · BabylonH894
• to makeשׂוּםώûm ώîym · to set: makeH7760
• a desolationשַׁמָּהshammâh · horror: destroyedH8047
• without an inhabitantיָשַׁבyâshab · to dwellH3427

Cross-references for Jeremiah 51:29

• Jeremiah 8:16“The snorting of the enemies’ warhorses can be heard all the way from the land of Dan in the north! The neighing of their stallions makes the whole land tremble. They are coming to devour the land and everything in it— cities and people alike.
• Jeremiah 10:10But the Lord is the only true God. He is the living God and the everlasting King! The whole earth trembles at his anger. The nations cannot stand up to his wrath.
• Jeremiah 50:36The sword will strike her wise counselors, and they will become fools. The sword will strike her mightiest warriors, and panic will seize them.
• Isaiah 13:13For I will shake the heavens. The earth will move from its place when the Lord of Heaven’s Armies displays his wrath in the day of his fierce anger.”
• Isaiah 14:16Everyone there will stare at you and ask, ‘Can this be the one who shook the earth and made the kingdoms of the world tremble?
• Joel 2:10The earth quakes as they advance, and the heavens tremble. The sun and moon grow dark, and the stars no longer shine.
• Amos 8:8The earth will tremble for your deeds, and everyone will mourn. The ground will rise like the Nile River at floodtime; it will heave up, then sink again.
• Jeremiah 51:11Sharpen the arrows! Lift up the shields! For the Lord has inspired the kings of the Medes to march against Babylon and destroy her. This is his vengeance against those who desecrated his Temple.
• Jeremiah 50:13Because of the Lord’s anger, Babylon will become a deserted wasteland. All who pass by will be horrified and will gasp at the destruction they see there.
• Isaiah 13:19Babylon, the most glorious of kingdoms, the flower of Chaldean pride, will be devastated like Sodom and Gomorrah when God destroyed them.
• Isaiah 14:23“I will make Babylon a desolate place of owls, filled with swamps and marshes. I will sweep the land with the broom of destruction. I, the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, have spoken!”
• Isaiah 46:10Only I can tell you the future before it even happens. Everything I plan will come to pass, for I do whatever I wish.
• Isaiah 47:1“Come down, virgin daughter of Babylon, and sit in the dust. For your days of sitting on a throne have ended. O daughter of Babylonia, never again will you be the lovely princess, tender and delicate.
• Revelation 18:2He gave a mighty shout: “Babylon is fallen—that great city is fallen! She has become a home for demons. She is a hideout for every foul spirit, a hideout for every foul vulture and every foul and dreadful animal.

Commentaries on Jeremiah 51:29

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 29And the land shall tremble - It is represented here as trembling under the numerous armies that are passing over it, and the prancing of their horses.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 29The literal translation is: Then the earth quaked and writhed; For the thoughts of Yahweh against Babel have stood fast; To make Babel a waste without inhabitant.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 29-30The fall of Babylon occurred just as the Lord had planned. The Babylonian soldiers lost their will to fight, and the Persian invaders quickly entered the city.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2929. land shall tremble ... every purpose of ... Lord shall be performed--elegant antithesis between the trembling of the land or earth, and the stability of "every purpose of the Lord" (compare Psa 46:1-3).Read the comment

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Commentaries on Jeremiah 51

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings